Printing-machine.



L. E.M ORRISON. PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION EILEQ NOV-2.1915.

1,245,759. I Patnted Nov. 6, 191 7.

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L. E. MORRISON.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2- I915 Patented Nov, 6, 1917 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

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CORPORATION OF JERSEY. 4

PRINTING-MACHINE.

To ('77 whom/it may'concem:

it known that LLEwIs E. Monsieoiw, a citizen of the United States, aiid resident of Newark, in the county of Emex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements'in' printing mechanisms and the object of the invention is to provide generally "improved devices or mechanisms for job presses with particular reference to the separating and feeding operations thereofl' Aside from the general aim of the invention which is to provide improved means for carrying out the several said operations struct the various parts and combinations thereof in a simple, practical manner with a View of being able to transform a handfed and hand-delivery job press into an au tomatic machine at a relatively low cost.

.Other objects of the inventionwill appear hereinafter.

Accordingly, my invention is embodied in mechanisms, parts and combinations there of, arranged and combined as hereinafter set forth and as illustrated in the accompany-- ing drawings in which Figure his a side elevation in outline of a job printing press equipped with automatic mechanisms, according to my invention;

Fig. :2 is a perspective view of the separating, feeding a l. delivery means.

' in the art would he required for the purpose Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View ofthe separator.

The lEM-"LHtlOIl is illustrated in'conuection with a well known type of job press, but I claim the use of the invention on other types of printing presses as Well and where only the mechanical ability of'one skilled Bpeclfimtzlnn rimers iatent. Application and November 2, i915. Serial m. 59,161.

designates the frame of the of the paper 15 is squared against latter. is pivoted to the press at 22' and carries a roller 23 which runs upon the cam Patenvegrnovt 6; 19132,;

of adapting this inrention to, a difierent machine:

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 I P313188," platen Wlnch. oscillates omits 'PL Ot 3 in the frame in a well known manner'by not necessary to describe or illustrate'in-ofi. i

der to understand-this inventionr- 4 is the, power shaft -rv vhich' carries a pinion 51f gear 6 from which the tit pivoted at 8, is operated the usual manner.

driving a: let 0- form meniber 9 designates the feed board which a sheet of metal secured to supporting brackets 10; one on each side fi'a'me'l of the press and attached thereto 10 bolts-ll.

Paper side guides 12 are adjusts. ly mount ed on the feed board by means of slotted members 13 and screws 14; The front edg Paper stops 16 secured to a rockshaft 17 Which is.

operated from the usual and .well known platen locking cam 18 by means of; the

arm-19, link 20 and roller arm 21, which 18. By these means the-paper stops are periodically lifted to permit the paper to out from under them. -The paper, which includes carboard, en-I velops and all other stock adapted to-be printed on a job press, is combed outas shown and placed vbetween the guides 12' with the upper sheet projectingbe 0nd the sheet underneath and having its frontedge squared against the'paperstopsi" f The paper is fed to the platen by means of a paper separating and feeding device which comprises the suction cup 24 adjust, ably carried by the hollow rodor tube 25 by means of a set screw The rod-25 is I secured'in the free end of the feeder arm 27',

- which is pivoted at 28 to the lever 29. Suitk able stops 127 and 129 are provided to prevent the arm 27 from falling down and to permit it to be moved upward into a position of rest in order to make the press ready.

The arm 29 is pivotedat 3,0 011 an augiliary in the cam 33. '34.- denotes the pump whici is connected by a flexible tube 35 to the tube aforesaid and the suction cup 24. The

latter has a'hollow stem and a recessed foot 36 provided with a lining. 37 of leather,

frame 31 and carries a cam roll 32riinnin Hit rimmed wheel on the tube 25 and which forms a supporting and guiding means for the said tube and the suction cup 24 in that the said wheel runs on cams 39 and 40. Cam 39 is fixed to the feed board and cam 40 is securedto. the platen 2. The pump is operated from the shaft 41 in the auxiliary frame 31, which may be secured to the press or to the floor in any suitable manner. The shaft 41 has a crank 42 which is adjustably connected at 43 to the piston rod 44 of the pump. The shaft 41 carries a ear 45 in mesh with the gear 6 aforesaid.

he top sheet of paper is separated from the pile by having its front edge sucked up by the suction cup 24 during the suction stroke of the pump, the commencement of which is shown in Fig. 1, where the separator is about to pick up the top sheet as soon as the cam roll 32 gets on the low part of cam 33.

At this time the paper stops 16 are raised because their operating roll '23 is onthe low part of the platen locking cam 18. As the press now opens, the cam 33 causes the lever 29 to move forward or to the left in Fig. 1 with the separator and the latter moves down upon the platen with the sheet and delivers it directly upon the platen. Durin its forward motion the separator is guide by its wheel 38 running on the fixed cam 39 and as the platen reaches full open position, the wheel 38 passes from the cam 39 onto the cam 40 on the platen as shown on Fig. '2. The separator has a fixed length of movement from the rear of the feed board to the rear of the platen, but the sheet may be released by the separator to deliver the sheet upon the laten in any predetermined position. To this end the pump casing is provided with a pin 134 and the piston 135 is provided with an aperture 136. A cover 137 is pivoted on the piston and is normally closed upon the aperture 136 by a spring 138 secured in any suitable manner. The cover has a tail 139. When the latter strikes the pin 134 on the suction stroke, the tail is depressed and the cover lifted to admit air through the aperture 136 to the connection 35 and the separator. By raising or lower ing the pin 134, which is held frictionally in the pum casing, the point of release of the sheet justed. On the return. stroke, the separator is first lifted as the cam 40 moves down with the platen and from this cam the wheel 38 passes back to the fixed 'cam- 39 and to the aper.

en the top sheet has left the pile the paper steps 16 move down again as now the roll 23 will run on the high part of the' platen locking cam. During the movement of the sheet from the feed board tocithe m the separator may be adciple there the rod'25 as is apparent from Fig. 2. 49 is a paper holding device comprising a leaf 50 a justable lengthwise at 51 and pivoted at 52 to a support 53. 54 is a spring which forces the leaf down on the rear edge of the paper, so that as the top sheet is pulled off the leaf 50 serves to retain the sheet next to the top one and prevent two sheets from being picked up at one time. The object of the paper holding device 49 is to permit the operator to leave the press momentarily to get more paper for instance. Normally the operator is supposed to keep his hands on the paper and see to it that only one sheet at a time is fed to theplaten. 7.

After the paper has been printed it is removed from the platen by the delivery me'chto the brackets 10 at 59 and the gui es may be moved along said bar for adjustment according to the width of the sheet. 60' is a supporting finger secured to the bar-58 and which rests by the weight of the feed table on a cam 61 secured to the platen as is clearly shown. In Fig. 1 the paper feed table is lifted by said cam 61 and as the platen moves up the feed table is lowered to the position shown in Fi 2' to guide the paper onto the platen. e feed table is "adapted to be swung upward on its pivots 59 in order to make the press ready.

The operation of the devices contained in this invention will be clear from the foregoing. It is also clear that hardly any change is made in the press itself but that the entire feeding and delivery apparatus may be built as an attachment to the press and that by properly mounting the .other auxiliary parts, a hand operate press may be quickly transformed in an almost wholly automatic machine. A

The several parts and details may be va ried in their construction from the ecific forms shown and described, and I claim all such changes and modifications in my invention as properl come within the princlaims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a platen and a feed board supporting the sheets to be printed, a sheet separating device, means for operating the same to separate the top sheet and deliver it to the platen, a fixed cam on and t e scope of the appended 1 said feed board,.a;cainsecured to the platen" BEST AVAILABLE COP and means on said-separating device adaptand deliver it on the platen, and means for adjusting the operation of thesaid separatin'g device-to cause the same to dehver the sheet on the platen in a; predetermined posi- 1 tion.

3. The combination with a platen and a feed board supporting ,the sheets to beprmt-' Y ed, a sheet separating device, means for opcrating the latter to separate the top sheet, means for adjusting the operation of the said separating device to cause it to deliver a sheet in a predetermined position on the platen and means for supporting said device during its movements between the feed board and platen.

4-; The combination with a movable platen and a feed board supporting the sheets to be printed, a suction sheet separating de= vice, means for operatingthesame to separate the top sheet and deliver it onthe platen and means for adjusting the release of the suction in said device to cause the sheet to be delivered in a predetermined position on said platen.

5. The combination with a movable platen and a fixed feed board supporting the sheets to be printed, a sheet separating device,

means for operating the same to separate the top'sheet and deliverit to the platen, acam secured to said feed board, a second cam secured to said movable platen and means on said separating device adapted to operate on said cams to support said device during the operations thereof.

6; The combination with a movable platen 'ing means. Signed at New and a fixed feed board supporting the sheets to be printed, a sheet separating device,

means for operating the same to separate the top sheet and deliver it to the platen, 'a cam secured to said feed board, a second cam secured to said movable platen and jgoller' on said separating device adapted rate on-said cams t'o support said devicj uring H the operations thereof.

7. The combination with a platen and a feed board, a lever, an arm pivoted at its ried by said arm, means for actuating said lever to operate the said suction device 'to deliver a sheet from the feed board to the platen and means secured to the free end of said arm for supporting the suction device during its said movements.

8. The combination with a movable platen and a feed board, a lever, an arm pivoted at its one end to said lever, a suction member carried by said arm, a cam on said feedboard, a second cam on said movable platen, means for actuating said lever. to operate the suction device to deliver a sheet on the platen from the said feed board and aroller secured to said arm and adapted to operate,

on the said two cams for supporting the free end of said arm thereof. 9. The combination with a platen and, a

during the operations feed hoard supporting the sheets to be printed, means for feeding sheets to said platen and placing the sheets thereon in predetermined variable positions comprising a'sheet separating device movable from a position at the front edge of said feed board to the.

front edge of said platen and means for ef- .fecting such movement of the said separat- York in the county of New York and State of New York this 29th day of October A. D. 1915. p

LEWIS E. -MORRI SON.

55 one end on said lover, a suction member car- 

